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	'''Mahendra Nath Pandey''' (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian politician currently serving as		'''Mahendra Nath Pandey''' (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian politician currently serving as
	Minister of Heavy Industries ~~and Public Enterprises~~ he previously served as Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship of India and [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha\|Member of Lok Sabha]] for [[Chandauli (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Chandauli]] since [[2014 Indian general election\|2014]]. He is a member of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and is the president of the party's Uttar Pradesh unit. He has also served as Union [[Minister of State]] for [[Ministry of Human Resource Development]] between 2016 and 2017. He is a member of Modi's second ministry. On 30 May 2019, he was appointed as Cabinet minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India.		Minister of Heavy Industries he previously served as Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship of India and [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha\|Member of Lok Sabha]] for [[Chandauli (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Chandauli]] since [[2014 Indian general election\|2014]]. He is a member of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and is the president of the party's Uttar Pradesh unit. He has also served as Union [[Minister of State]] for [[Ministry of Human Resource Development]] between 2016 and 2017. He is a member of Modi's second ministry. On 30 May 2019, he was appointed as Cabinet minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India.

	==Early life==		==Early life==

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{{short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Mahendra Nath Pandey addressing at the inauguration of the ‘National Consultation on Revised Accreditation Framework’, organised by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), in New Delhi.jpg
| caption = Pandey in 2017

| office = [[Ministry of Heavy Industries|Minister of Heavy Industries]]
| term_start = 7 Jully 2021
| primeminister = [[Narendra Modi]]
| predecessor = [[Prakash Javadekar]]
| office1 = [[Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship]]
| term_start1 = 31 May 2019
| term_end1 = 7 July 2021
| primeminister1 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| predecessor1 = [[Dharmendra Pradhan]]
| successor1 = [[Dharmendra Pradhan]]
| office3
= [[Ministry of Human Resource Development|Minister of state Human Resource Development]]
| successor3 = [[Satya Pal Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Satya Pal Singh]]
| term_start3 = 5 July 2016
|term_end3 = 31 August 2017
| office4 =[[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term_start4 = 16 May 2014
| constituency4 = [[Chandauli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chandauli]]
| predecessor4 = [[Ramkishun]]
| majority4 = 156,756 votes

| office2 = President of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] unit
| term_start2 = 31 August 2017
| term_end2 = 16 July 2019
| predecessor2 = [[Keshav Prasad Maurya]]
| successor2 = [[Swatantra Dev Singh]]
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|10|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Ghazipur district|Pakhapur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse = Pratima Pandey (m.1985)
| mother = Chandrawati Pandey
| father = Sudhakar Pandey
| residence = [[Varanasi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| alma_mater = [[Banaras Hindu University]] ([[Postgraduate education|M.A.]] and [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D]])
| cabinet = [[Second Modi ministry]]
| profession = Agriculturist
| net_worth = {{INR convert|2.83|c}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey |url=http://myneta.info/unioncouncil2016/candidate.php?candidate_id=3128 |publisher=My Neta |access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref>
| footnotes =
}}
'''Mahendra Nath Pandey''' (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian politician currently serving as
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises he previously served as Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship of India and [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Lok Sabha]] for [[Chandauli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chandauli]] since [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]. He is a member of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and is the president of the party's Uttar Pradesh unit. He has also served as Union [[Minister of State]] for [[Ministry of Human Resource Development]] between 2016 and 2017. He is a member of Modi's second ministry. On 30 May 2019, he was appointed as Cabinet minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India.

==Early life==
[[File:Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey interacting with the media after taking charge as the Union Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, in New Delhi on June 04, 2019.jpg|thumb|Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey interacting with the media after taking charge as the Union [[Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship|Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship]], along with Shri [[Raj Kumar Singh]], [[Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship|Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship]], in New Delhi on June 04, 2019.]]
Pandey was born at [[Ghazipur district|Pakhanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] to Sudhakar Pandey and Chandrawati Pandey in a [[Brahmin]] family.<ref name="LS">{{cite web |title=Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey |url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4917 |publisher=Lok Sabha |access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Union minister Mahendra Nath Pandey appointed UP BJP chief |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/8fvHMKhlkn0ENYQbxWfL9I/Union-minister-Mahendra-Nath-Pandey-appointed-UP-BJP-chief.html |publisher=[[Mint (newspaper)|Live Mint]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=31 August 2017}}</ref> He received a [[Postgraduate education|postgraduate]] degree in [[Journalism]] and completed his [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D]] in [[Hindi]] from [[Banaras Hindu University]].<ref name="LS"/> In 1973, he was elected president of the students' union of [[C.M. Anglo Bengali College]]. Five years later, he became the general secretary of the students' union of Banaras Hindu University.<ref name="DB">{{cite web |title=मोदी के मंत्री को मिली नई जिम्मेदारी, डॉ महेन्द्र पांडेय बने यूपी बीजेपी के अध्यक्ष | trans-title = Modi's minister gets new responsibility, Dr. Mahendra Pandey becomes the president of UP BJP |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/UP-LUCK-mahendra-nath-pandey-start-new-inning-as-uttar-pradesh-bjp-president-5683341-NOR.html |publisher=[[Dainik Bhaskar]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |language=hi |date=31 August 2017}}</ref>

Pandey spent five months in prison during [[The Emergency (India)|the Emergency]].<ref name="NDTV">{{cite web |title=ऐसे ही नहीं दी गई है महेंद्रनाथ पांडेय को उत्तर प्रदेश बीजेपी की कमान, इसके पीछे हो सकती है एक रणनीति | trans-title = Mahendra Nath Pandey has simply been not made BJP President of Uttar Pradesh, behind it there might be a strategy|url=https://khabar.ndtv.com/news/uttar-pradesh/why-mahendra-nath-pandey-given-responsibility-of-up-bjp-chief-1744955 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |language=hi |date=1 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="ET">{{cite news |title=BJP picks up Brahmin face Mahendra Nath Pandey to head UP unit ahead of LS polls |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bjp-picks-up-brahmin-face-to-head-up-unit-ahead-of-ls-polls/articleshow/60311703.cms |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=1 September 2017|last1=Sharma |first1=Aman }}</ref> In 1978, he joined [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]].<ref name="ET"/> He took part in the [[Ram Janmabhoomi]] movement and was booked under the [[National Security Act (India)|National Security Act]] by the [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]-led state government.<ref name="ET"/>

In 1991, Pandey was elected to the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] for the first time.<ref name="DB"/> In 1996, he was re-elected to the assembly. He received the portfolio of Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development the following year in the [[Kalyan Singh]] ministry. He also served as Minister of State for Planning (Independent charge) between 1998 and 2000, and Minister of State, Panchayati Raj between 2000 and 2002.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mahendra Nath Pandey: BJP's Brahmin Face in UP |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/mahendra-nath-pandey-bjps-brahmin-face-in-up/945636 |publisher=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook India]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=5 July 2016}}</ref>

Ahead of the [[2014 Indian general election]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] announced that Pandey would contest from the [[Chandauli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chandauli constituency]] of [[Purvanchal]].<ref>{{cite web |title=BJP directs Modi wave at eastern UP |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/BJP-directs-Modi-wave-at-eastern-UP/article20758949.ece |publisher=The Hindu Business Line |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=24 April 2014}}</ref> He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] after defeating his nearest rival Anil Maurya of the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] by a margin of approximately 150,000 votes.<ref name="DB"/><ref name="ET"/> Subsequently, he was made a member of [[Standing committee (India)|Standing Committee]] on [[Ministry of Rural Development (India)|Rural Development]] and Consultative Committee for [[Ministry of Steel|Ministry of Steel and Mines]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Uprety |first1=Ajay |title=BJP keeps Brahmins in UP happy by making Mahendra Pandey state chief |url=https://www.theweek.in/content/archival/news/india/bjp-uttar-pradesh-brahmins-mahendra-nath-pandey.html |publisher=[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=1 September 2017}}</ref>

On 5 July 2016, in a major cabinet reshuffle, Pandey took the oath of office as Union [[Minister of State]] for [[Ministry of Human Resource Development|Human Resource Development]] in the [[First Modi ministry]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Katiyar |first1=Prema |title=Meet these three new ministers who have found berths in various ministries|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/meet-these-three-new-ministers-who-have-found-berths-in-various-ministries/articleshow/53133375.cms |newspaper=The Economic Times |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=10 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Modi Cabinet reshuffle 2016: Modi surprises – Smriti Irani loses HRD, VK Singh deprived of MoS N-E charge |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/live-cabinet-reshuffle-pm-narendra-modi-cabinet-to-induct-19-new-faces-today/306989/ |publisher=[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=5 July 2016}}</ref> On 31 August 2017, he was replaced by [[Satya Pal Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Satyapal Singh]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Modi's Cabinet reshuffle: Meet the nine new faces |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/modis-cabinet-reshuffle-meet-the-nine-new-faces/satya-pal-singh/slideshow/60347914.cms |publisher=The Economic Times |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=3 September 2017}}</ref> That same day, he was appointed president of the [[Uttar Pradesh]] unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He replaced [[Keshav Prasad Maurya]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Mahendra Nath Pandey Appointed Uttar Pradesh BJP Chief |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mahendra-nath-pandey-appointed-uttar-pradesh-bjp-chief-1744600 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=31 August 2017}}</ref>

In the Cabinet announcement made on 31 May 2019, Pandey has been given the post of [[Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship]] in the 17th Lok Sabha under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/mahendra-nath-pandey-gets-skill-development-737257.html|title=Mahendra Nath Pandey gets Skill Development|date=2019-05-31|website=Deccan Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-05-31}}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers |url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/pm-modi-allocates-portfolios-full-list-of-new-ministers-1559288502067.html |work=[[Live Mint]] |date=31 May 2019 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Pandey's family originally hails from the village of [[Pakhanpur]].<ref name="NDTV"/> He married Pratima Pandey on 8 February 1985 and they have one daughter.<ref name="LS"/>

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Mahendra Nath Pandey - Revision history

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